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Virgin Records, in a bold move aimed at boosting the label’s place on the charts, is close to a deal to hire white-hot producer Jermaine Dupri to a top executive post, The Post has learned.

Dupri will become head of Virgin Records Urban Music, a new division the label is launching, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Sources said the multi-year deal is valued at close to $15 million.

Virgin CEO Matt Serletic is expected to make the announcement today.

As part of the deal, Dupri will move his own label, So So Def Records, to Virgin from SonyBMG’s Jive Records.

He will report to Serletic on most issues, but will also report to Virgin’s chief operating officer Larry Mestel on operational matters, sources said.

Dupri will also become a producer for other artists at EMI, the U.K. music giant that is Virgin’s parent company, and will record as a solo artist for Virgin.

Virgin nabbed Dupri, who dates Virgin artist Janet Jackson, after the producer and artist was courted by several other labels, including Warner Music and Universal’s Island Def Jam Records, sources said.

One source said Island Def Jam chief Antonio “LA” Reid had sought out Dupri to become president of its Def Jam label – a post that eventually went to rapper Jay-Z.

The signing of Dupri to a top management post represents a significant coup for Virgin and Serletic, who has come under scrutiny during the last year for the label’s lack of hit records.

Virgin is home to artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Courtney Love and rap-rock group N.E.R.D.

Last year Virgin booted its president Roy Lott, and hired Mestel, a former top exec at Arista Records, as COO.

Dupri, who grew up in Atlanta, burst on the music scene in 1992 when he discovered the teenage rapper Kris Kross.

He’s now known as one of the hottest R&B and hip-hop producers in the business, having worked with artists such as Mariah Carey, Run D.M.C., Usher and Outkast.

Dupri produced three number one hits on last year’s top-selling album, Usher’s “Confessions,” which sold 8 million copies. A six-time Grammy nominee, Dupri was nominated twice for this year’s upcoming Grammy Awards.